Blue Jackets' Bourque out for rest of season with back injury
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Columbus Blue Jackets forward Rene Bourque has been shut down for the remainder of the season.
Bourque will miss the final eight games of the regular season with a stress fracture in his back, head coach Todd Richards said Saturday.
The winger missed Tuesday's victory over the Anaheim Ducks and Friday's win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
He scored four goals in eight games with the Blue Jackets after being acquired from the Ducks in the James Wisniewski trade on deadline day.